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08-06-2009, 07:00 PM
Sociologist Rosario Espinal and social scientists Pedro Catrain and Wilfredo Lozano say the rash of popular outbursts, confrontations, strikes, marchens and even "stations of the Cross" have been brought about by governmental indifference to the problems affecting the majority of the people.
Speaking during a Corripio Communication Group luncheon, Espinal says the tension is caused by government indifference to the accumulation of problems. Complicating matters is the fact that the world economic crisis gives the authorities fewer options to meet the demands of the people. Rosario observed that protests have increased in all of the provinces, but with an election year coming in 2010, these are expected to decline because of political patronage and the activities of the political parties that seek voters.
Political scientist Pedro Catrain criticized the lack of programming and rationalization in the public policies executed by the government. He said, "Since last November the ruling PLD government has entered a steep decline in popularity and this is due to the inability of President Leonel Fernandez to deliver answers to the fundamental problems". He sharply criticized the lack of transparency and he said that the levels of corruption are at unheard of levels.
According to Lozano, the inability to find solutions is tied to a political elite and unfettered government spending policy. He even questioned why the wave of protests had not spawned a greater crisis, adding that the containment of this potential explosion was due to the skills of politicians who manage to calm things down. He said, "The network of the political elite has no answers to the social and economic problems of the country and in general, takes on, if you wish, a conservative code of behavior that facilitates things for the very government."
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Speaking during a Corripio Communication Group luncheon, Espinal says the tension is caused by government indifference to the accumulation of problems. Complicating matters is the fact that the world economic crisis gives the authorities fewer options to meet the demands of the people. Rosario observed that protests have increased in all of the provinces, but with an election year coming in 2010, these are expected to decline because of political patronage and the activities of the political parties that seek voters.
Political scientist Pedro Catrain criticized the lack of programming and rationalization in the public policies executed by the government. He said, "Since last November the ruling PLD government has entered a steep decline in popularity and this is due to the inability of President Leonel Fernandez to deliver answers to the fundamental problems". He sharply criticized the lack of transparency and he said that the levels of corruption are at unheard of levels.
According to Lozano, the inability to find solutions is tied to a political elite and unfettered government spending policy. He even questioned why the wave of protests had not spawned a greater crisis, adding that the containment of this potential explosion was due to the skills of politicians who manage to calm things down. He said, "The network of the political elite has no answers to the social and economic problems of the country and in general, takes on, if you wish, a conservative code of behavior that facilitates things for the very government."
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